diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/errors.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/errors.go
index af11c84f652..86e1974d3ec 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/errors.go
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ var (
 		StatusCode: 400,
 		Status:     "empty-name",
 	}
+	ErrDashboardTitleTooLong = DashboardErr{
+		Reason:     "Dashboard title cannot contain more than 5 000 characters",
+		StatusCode: 400,
+		Status:     "title-too-long",
+	}
 	ErrDashboardFolderCannotHaveParent = DashboardErr{
 		Reason:     "A Dashboard Folder cannot be added to another folder",
 		StatusCode: 400,
diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
index 2881db09436..2bb1eddb7af 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) BuildSaveDashboardCommand(ctx context.Context, d
 		return nil, dashboards.ErrDashboardTitleEmpty
 	}
 
+	if len(dash.Title) > 5000 {
+		return nil, dashboards.ErrDashboardTitleTooLong
+	}
+
 	metrics.MFolderIDsServiceCount.WithLabelValues(metrics.Dashboard).Inc()
 	// nolint:staticcheck
 	if dash.IsFolder && dash.FolderID > 0 {